[Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference

[Brendan Gallagher]

Good summary Jo :)

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Joann Ransom <JoannR at tetakere.org.nz>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can I just clarify my understanding of the situation:
>
> * The Koha community  have decided to establish a Koha Fund for developing
> Koha,
> * Te Horowhenua Trust have agreed to be the 'banker' and umbrella for a
> Fundraising and a Grants subcommittee,
> * The Koha Community is developing operating guidelines for the two
> committees,
> * Johnathan is willing and available to work on Koha under contract to THT
> and paid from the Koha fund,
> * A number of potential donors to the fund are supportive of this plan,
> * Johnathan has made a decision to resign from BibLibre.
>
> My take on this is that the Koha community is not responsible for
> Jonathan's decision to resign from Biblibre and be in the difficult
> situation he now finds himself.
>
> Our responsibility is to collectively establish the 2 Koha fund committees.
>
> Have I over-simplified that or is that about right?
>
> Regards
>
> Jo.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Mirko
> Tietgen
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2015 5:43 a.m.
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Fundraising Committee Draft Terms of Reference
>
> I don't know how to say this without stepping on anyone's toes, but I
> think this discussion is taking a problematic direction. I don't think it
> is good to tie the general discussion and decision on all things
> fundraising to the personal situation of people that may be funded once all
> is settled.
>
> I refuse to agree I »have put somebody in a difficult situation« because I
> opposed voting on things that were made public on very short notice before
> meetings. I was not informed I was discussing anyone's situation. A
> situation I knew nothing about.
>
> It seems like behind the scenes it has already been agreed to
> 1) put money into the fund
> 2) pay somebody with that money
>
> so I have a simple proposal for the parties involved. Please consider
> contracting people directly until the fundraising stuff is actually up and
> running and everybody is happy.
>
> Hope that does not anger anyone,
>
> Mirko
>
> PS. Yes, I would like to see Jonathan continue his fine work on Koha. Just
> to make that clear.
>
>
> --
>
> Mirko Tietgen
> mirko at abunchofthings.net
> http://koha.abunchofthings.net
> http://meinkoha.de
>
>
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